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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriReuben Terrell WOOD
(1884-1955)
WOOD, Reuben Terrell, a
Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Springfield,
Greene County, Mo., August 7, 1884; attended the public schools and
received private instructions; apprenticed as a cigar maker in
Springfield, Mo., in 1898; employed as a labor organization officer
1902-1912; served as president of the Missouri State Federation of
Labor 1912-1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to
the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, to
January 3, 1941; chairman, Committee on War Claims (Seventy-sixth
Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to
the Seventy-seventh Congress; resumed office as president of the
Missouri State Federation of Labor until his retirement in May
1953; member of the Missouri Constitutional convention in 1944;
died in Springfield, Mo., July 16, 1955; interment in Greenlawn
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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